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Grips, Grunts and Groans

1937 · 19 min

A whirlwind of slapstick chaos, silly disguises and cartoonish brawling that breezes by in a flurry of giggles.

Directed by: Jack White
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Curly Howard, Moe Howard, Larry Fine

Overview: The Stooges become trainers of Bustoff, a champion wrestler. The big boss has a lot of money bet on Bustoff and orders the boys to take good care of him. Instead they accidentally knock him out and Curly must disguise himself as Bustoff and wrestle in his place. The match doesn't go very well until Curly smells "Wild Hyacinth" perfume on a lady fan at ringside. This drives him crazy and he knocks out his opponent and half the people in the stadium.

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Directed by: Jack White
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Curly Howard, Moe Howard, Larry Fine

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
lightstrength 3 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: sport
crime
deception
violence
friendship
Places: workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	5
Horror	0
Humour	9
Realism	3
Romance	0
Tension	3
Darkness	1
Complexity	1
Emotional weight	1

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Jack White
Written by: Clyde Bruckman
Starring: Curly Howard, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Robert McKenzie, Blackie Whiteford, Harry Wilson, Bob Callahan, Sam Lufkin
Runtime: 19 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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